“Acting almost always draws people with that mix, who see themselves as shy and anxious, but love to perform. Part of the joy of the job is playing the characters who are completely unlike you.”

English actress, writer and comedian

Rebecca Front is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She is known for her work in British comedy, especially for her performance in The Thick of It, for which she won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Her credits include several well known comedy projects across radio and television, among them On The Hour, The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge, Time Gentlemen Please, Big Train, and Nighty Night. Her work is closely associated with satirical and sketch comedy.